Tech

TechHive Editors Choice At a glance Expert’s Rating Pros Wi-Fi connectivity Voice control via Alexa, Google Assistant, and SmartThings Customizable access codes for guests, deliveries, and more Excellent battery life, with emergency power backup Cons No Fingerprint recognition No geofencing support Slight delay on remote unlocking Not Matter certified nor Apple HomeKit compatible Our Verdict …

Tapo DL100 review: A Wi-Fi smart lock for a whole lot less Read More »

Image: Matt Smith Most of the OLED deals I’ve found lately are for 27-inch 1440p monitors, which are great for standard setups and gaming. But if you want to go bigger, especially if you want to show off 4K movies or flex some graphical muscle, then a full 32-inch 4K panel is what you’re after. …

This Alienware 4K OLED gaming monitor is over $400 off right now Read More »

Image: Microsoft The Asus ROG Xbox Ally, the handheld that pairs Asus hardware with Microsoft branding, is certainly… something. It’s Microsoft’s big play to counter the Steam Deck in the exploding handheld gaming PC space, to say nothing of trying to expand its Xbox brand beyond consoles and leverage the Game Pass subscription. But when …

Asus ROG Xbox Ally releases August with high price, according to leaks Read More »

Image: Mregb When you’re out and about in the city, a regular power bank can serve you pretty well… but when you’re out in the wilderness with no outlets in sight, a normal power bank will only get you so far. For hiking and camping, you’re better off with something like this solar-powered power bank …

This high-capacity solar power bank is down to its lowest price Read More »

Peacock feathers are greatly admired for their bright iridescent colors, but it turns out they can also emit laser light when dyed multiple times, according to a paper published in the journal Scientific Reports. Per the authors, it’s the first example of a biolaser cavity within the animal kingdom. As previously reported, the bright iridescent …

Peacock feathers can emit laser beams Read More »

A spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human Services confirmed the funding pause to journalists. US Senator Patty Murray (D-Wash.), vice chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, estimated that the amount of funding being frozen was roughly $15 billion. But, later Tuesday, amid uproar around the funding freeze, the decision was reportedly reversed. The …

$15 billion in NIH funding frozen, then thawed Tuesday in ongoing power war Read More »

On Tuesday, The Associated Press released results from a new AP-NORC poll showing that 60 percent of US adults have used AI to search for information, while only 37 percent of all Americans have used AI for work tasks. Meanwhile, younger Americans are adopting AI tools at much higher rates across multiple categories, including brainstorming, …

So far, only one-third of Americans have ever used AI for work Read More »

If your PC meets those conditions, you’ll enroll in the ESU program by opening the Settings app and clicking Windows Update. You should see a status message telling you that Windows 10 updates end in October of 2025, with an “enroll now” link you can click to enroll in the Extended Security Updates program. Windows …

How to get another free year of updates for your Windows 10 PC Read More »

Martinez et al. tested three different Roman concrete recipes with varying slaked lime-to-pozzolan ratios (1:2, 1:3, and 1:4), and assessed greenhouse gas and air emissions for each production stage based on known Roman construction practices. Specifically, the Romans used oak and fir wood as fuel for their lime kilns. (Processes like loading, transportation, and mixing …

Making Roman concrete produces as much CO2 as modern concrete Read More »

Image: Microsoft Data wonks, rejoice! Pivot tables now automatically refresh themselves in a new beta version of Microsoft Excel. You might expect that pivot tables—which can be used to summarize rows and columns of data into a digestible “number”—would automatically refresh when the data within changes. Charts already do that, for example. But, until now, …

Microsoft finally fixes the worst thing about Excel’s pivot tables Read More »